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LEED's mission is to contribute to the creation of more and better jobs through effective policy implementation, innovative practices, stronger capacities and integrated strategies at the local level. Read more about what LEED does ...
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on 28-Mar-2012
A few high-growth enterprises are responsible for the majority of local job creation. Appropriately designed policies may contribute by promoting the internal characteristics of enterprises and entrepreneurs that are associated with high growth, such as strong innovation and marketing capacities, and by creating favourable local entrepreneurship environments.
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from 20-Mar-2012 to 21-Mar-2012
The transition from education to work is not easy for many young people, particularly when it comes to finding sustainable employment with progression opportunities. While many OECD countries have recently put in place new national policies to support youth, they will be more effective if they are implemented in a coordinated way at local level. Providing jobs for youth requires place specific cross sectoral responses involving different local players as part of wider local development strategies.
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on 27-Feb-2012
The OECD LEED Programme and Cedefop are organising a joint Green Skills Forum to be held at OECD Headquarters in Paris on 27 February 2012. The forum aims to draw on lessons from work conducted by the OECD, Cedefop, and other organisations on the implications of the green economy for skills development and training policies. Deadline for registration: 15 February 2012.
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from 22-Feb-2012 to 23-Feb-2012
The OECD LEED project on Clean Tech in Israel, will be discussed at the Eilat-Eilot international conference on renewable energies in Eilat, Israel on 22 - 23 February 2012. This event will gather major policy makers and government representatives from Israel as well as international experts to discuss the findings and key recommendations from the OECD project.
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20-Jan-2012
As part of its work on Job creation through social entrepreneurship and the social economy, the LEED Programme will be commissioning case studies and learning models of successful job creation by the sector. The call for case studies and learning models is deliberately broad as we are looking for examples of successful job creation that can contribute to the development of strong policy messages on what support the social economy needs to be able to create jobs effectively. Deadline for submission: 29th February 2012.
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20-Jan-2012
As part of its work on Tackling long-term unemployment amongst vulnerable groups, the LEED Programme will be commissioning case studies and learning models of innovative approaches in four key areas: (i) area based approaches; (ii) targeted approaches; (iii) innovative financial tools; and (iv) inter-generational disadvantage and how its multi-faceted nature can be effectively addressed. Deadline for submission: 29th February 2012.
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